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1. 1904_Courier_Page_033 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, including an article, of The Fairhope House Hotel published in the March 1, 1904 edition of the Fairhope Courier. George M. Bancroft built the hotel in 1896 and with his wife Delia Knowles Bancroft, operated it. M. V. Watros was the manager of the hotel at the time this picture was taken where the nightly room rate was $2 or $7-$8 a week as reported in the July 1, 1904 Courier. The photograph which was used for the Fairhope Cour...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 1905_Courier_Page_032 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph with description of The Fairhope House hotel from the January 27, 1905 Courier. This is a clearer image of 1904_Courier_Page_033 and with a different description. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 34_2_005 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of a group of adults lunching on the veranda of a hotel in Fairhope, Alabama (probably The Fairhope House Hotel). The picture appears in the 1902 Catalogue of the Fairhope Free Public Library (34_2_001-102). From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 34_50_001_116 - Documents

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
5. 34_50_039 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of The Fairhope Hotel c. 1925 at the northwest corner of Summit Street and Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This was the second Fairhope Hotel - the first one (located on the bluff at above North Beach) burned in 1910. This picture was published in "Early Days of Fairhope" in recognition of the Centennial celebration of the founding of Fairhope, Alabama. 1894-1994. The booklet is available in the FSTC Archives: PUB_0017_0035....

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 34_72_054 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 208 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. These apartments, built in 1975, are on the site of the Kanuck Hotel (built 1914). See FSTC-0657 for a picture in these Archives. "Stewart The Picture Man," a book by historian Donnie Barrett includes two good pictures of the hotel. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 34_72_060-061 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 218 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1935-1936 by Oswald Forster and Sons. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." This commercial building was called The Mecca (The Mecca Service Station, The Mecca Filling Station), and operated as su...

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 34_72_071 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 312 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope HIstoric District." The original structure was built c.1909 and was a hotel and restaurant for many years as Wilson House, Royal Hotel (aka Royal Restaurant), Boston Cafe, Tumble Inn, Norton...

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. 34_77_043-044 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 and 2015 of 131 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1925 by Eloise Cross and Captain Jack Cross (Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cross) as The Fairhope Hotel. The Crosses previously managed The Gables Hotel. Various businesses over the years occupied the building including the Square Rigger Restaurant and Hotel, and a physician's office. This building is located in the Bayfront Hi...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. 34_85_009_010 - Newspaper Article

    Newspaper article from the Baldwin edition of the Mobile Press Register dated March 10, 1993 titled "Magnolia Springs: People most important to rich community past." Includes text and photographs. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    
11. 40_17_001-003 - Brochures

    Promotional brochure and mailer advertising the Colonial Inn in Fairhope, Alabama. c.mid-1930s. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    
12. BSS.355-356 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by photographer Frank Stewart circa 1910-1915. Twenty-five Fairhope, Alabama area Stewart images are printed on this post card which is titled "Hotels and Public Buildings." From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. BSS.679-680 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Hotel Murray on Magnolia Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. BSS.707-710 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard dated by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Battles Hotel in Battles Wharf, Alabama. The card is postmarked June 17, 1912 and sent to Mrs. Reuben Sundberg from her sister Margaret. The second card is a closer image of the hotel. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. BSS.721-722 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. BSS.723.724 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, to Miss Ellen "Nell" Slosson from a correspondent who is delaying her visit. The date is August 16, but the year cannot be read. The photograph is of The Murray House hotel in Point Clear, Alabama near Zundel's Wharf. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. DBJ-0366 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of The Fairhope House, a hotel owned by Delia and George Bancroft in Fairhope, Alabama. This hotel opened in 1898 and burned in 1910. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. DBJ-0468 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of the Old Daphne Hotel, also know as the Howard's Hotel. This hotel faced west on Mobile Bay. It is now the administration building for Bayside Academy in Daphne, Alabama. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. DBJ-0758 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy, of poor quality, of the Magnolia Inn (also know as "Breed's") owned by Charles L. Breed in Magnolia Springs, Alabama. See DBJ-0760 for another picture of this structure. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. DBJ-0759 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy of the Health and Pleasure Resort owned by John Walker in Magnolia Springs, Alabama on the Magnolia River. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo